Operational Excellence Engineer

Amcor; À distance; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A global leader in sustainable packaging is seeking an Operations Excellence Engineer to lead the deployment of a new manufacturing system across multiple sites. This remote position requires strong Lean and Continuous Improvement experience. Ideal candidates will have engineering degrees, fluency in English, and excellent coaching abilities. You will work closely with teams across Europe to influence and shape operational standards, making a real impact in the manufacturing sector.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in Lean tools and methodologies.
• Fluency in English mandatory with professional French or German recommended.
• Ability to teach, coach, and influence teams at all levels.

Responsabilités

• Deploy the new group manufacturing system across 10 to 15 sites.
• Train and coach plant leadership, department managers, and shop floor teams.
• Drive change in continuous improvement ways of working.

Connaissances

Lean and Continuous Improvement

Change management

Teaching and coaching

Problem-solving

Formation

Engineering degree

Outils

Lean tools and methodologies

Description du poste

Department: Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Shift: Remote

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

Location: Remote in France, Germany, the UK, Italy or Poland
Travel: ~75% across assigned European manufacturing sites

JOB PURPOSE

As an Operations Excellence Engineer, you will play a central role in deploying and embedding a new group manufacturing system across Amcor’s Rigid Packaging division, supporting a large-scale Lean transformation at group level.

The position sits within the Rigid Division of Amcor and reports to the Rigid Quality & CI Director. You will work in close partnership with plant leadership teams, department managers, and shopfloor teams across multiple European countries, acting as a hands-on coach and structured change agent.

This role offers a rare opportunity to drive a large-scale Lean transformation across a complex, multisite European manufacturing network, working at the intersection of strategy and shopfloor execution. You will influence how 10–15 plants operate every day, collaborate with diverse leadership teams across countries and cultures, and play a decisive role in rolling out a common manufacturing system that will shape operational standards across the Rigid Packaging division.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Deploy the new group manufacturing system (Level 2) across 10 to 15 sites:

• Lead preparation, deployment, and stabilization activities across the plants
• Ensure consistency and sustainability of the new manufacturing system practices across plants.

Train and coach teams at all levels of the organization:

• Teach Lean and manufacturing system tools to plant leadership, department managers, and shopfloor teams,
• Act as a hands-on coach to reinforce structured problem-solving, standard work, and daily management routines.

Drive change and adoption of continuous improvement ways of working:

• Support sites with low CI maturity and guide teams through behavioral and operational change,
• Address resistance to change through structured engagement and pragmatic change management.

Enable alignment and knowledge sharing across the plant network:

• Capture and share best practices, lessons learned, and standards across sites,
• Provide clear progress updates to Quality, CI, and Operations stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Engineering degree or equivalent operational experience,

• Strong hands-on experience in Lean and Continuous Improvement: - Advanced knowledge of Lean tools and methodologies - Lean Six Sigma Black Belt experiencestronglypreferred, - Solid change management capability, including experience deploying CI toolsin low-maturity environments,
• Strong experience in a manufacturing site production environment, with a deep understanding of shopfloor operations,
• Fluency in English mandatory,
• Professional to fluent French or German strongly recommended,
• Proven ability to teach, coach, and influence teams from plant management to shopfloor level.

About Amcor
Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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